Propertycasualty360.com released an article accompanied by the infographic:“Millennials and the Future of Insurance.” As a millennial, I was expecting a Cat Meme, a two-liner I could double-tap, a comment with an emoji, or perhaps a half-flirt with the aspiring Insta-model who commented before me, and then wipe it all from my short-term, instant-gratification memory.
During our last economic downturn, many professionals who had not been on a job interview in a very long time (or even considered a job change), found themselves “out there”. The rules had changed and they had A LOT of competition. Job seekers found that their education, experience, work history and “just being themselves” wasn’t enough to beat out competition for the limited available positions…
There has been a lot of negative press lately about football, especially the high school variety, and involving officials. It makes me shake my head for a few reasons:
Fact: Contract Staffing is one of the fastest growing industries.
Another fact: According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2020 more than 40% of the workforce will be contract employees.
The “Job Hopper” debate has been a long-standing one, especially in the technology industry, and continues to be a notorious concern for companies and recruiters looking to find quality talent.
Sometimes the reason why you didn’t get a job is easy to pinpoint: you lacked key qualifications; you and the hiring manager didn’t hit it off; or you just flubbed the interview.But it’s not always that black and white (I would actually prefer it to be!).
“The hacking and posting on the Dark Web of 32 million users of the cheating website, Ashley Madison, whose tagline is ‘Life is Short, Have an Affair,’ is expected to cause marital turmoil, breakups and even extortion…
Who can criticize a company for growing at 30% a year? … A few that know it could be growing at 50% a year.
Who would support their spouse to leave a job during their best year ever? …The one that knows that they could be leaving $100K/yr on the table by not being opportunistic.
A few months ago a colleague told me, “I don’t know how you do it – you’re chipper and upbeat every single day!”
According to researchers at Germany’s Aachen University, only 27% of people are in fact “morning people” – and I’m NOT one of them. I’m just…HAPPY, and it makes me a better Recruiter,Teammate, Friend and Husband.
Calm down, and definitely don’t send me any pictures, that’s not what I was referring to. (And if it IS that big, why so testy?!)
What I mean is we recruiters hear this all the time from our Clients: “Why should I pay you a search fee? I am very well connected. My Network is HUGE!”